Do your kids like salad? Or do they eat it because you’re asking them to?

I imagine there are some of both out there. In my house, salads have typically been rejected by my kids. Until I served this salad, and then everything changed. (At least for my ten-year-old—I’m still working on my eight-year-old.) My ten-year-old loves this pulled pork taco salad so much that he’s actually been asking for salads at dinnertime. And trust me, it was no small feat getting here. I’m convinced it was the crunchy tortilla chips and the incredibly flavorful, succulent Perfect Pulled Pork.

Valentina's passion is food, and she loves spending time in her "kitchen retreat," as she refers to that room in her house. Valentina develops recipes for creative and comforting food that works perfectly for casual entertaining. Both her recipes and food photography have been featured many times on popular food websites and in print. Valentina shares her beautiful photographs as well as new and interesting recipes almost daily on her blog, Cooking on the Weekends.

Outside the worlds of food and photography, Valentina's other passion is her family (including her two young boys, her husband and her puppy, Maple.)

To learn more about Valentina and where her work has been featured, visit her About page at Cooking On The Weekends.